Koine Greek

Koine Greek (Ελληνιστική Κοινή, Biblical Greek, New Testament Greek, "common Greek", or ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, "the common dialect") is the form of Greek commonly spoken in Palestine and even Rome in the 1st century A.D.

Most of the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament are in Koine Greek. Notable exceptions in the New Testament include the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews and several of the letters of Paul, which were written in more sophisticated Greek.